On January 17, 1942, the headline rang out: "Carol Lombard, 21 Another Die -" Mama of the Star "is with her on the ill-fated airliner." Just six weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the actress and wife of Clark Gable were in her state of Indiana to sell Sberbank to the United States.
Today, the fame and talent of Carol Lombard are almost forgotten. Many believe that if it were not for her famous affair and her marriage with Clark Geable, her name would not have been registered at all. Time forgot, in the 1930s, the actress appeared in more than 50 films. She was considered both the glamorous and the queen of cat films with Windows, she was one of the highest paid Hollywood actresses of her time and may have become popular.
With the start of World War II, Lombard quickly stepped forward to use his celebrity status to advance military efforts. At the final stage of her very successful military connection, the TWA DC-3 aircraft, fueled near Las Vegas, Nevada, then set off for the Spring-Mountain River, which borders Southern Nevada and California.
It was planned that the plane would stop and start operating in Boulder City, Nevada, but at the last moment the crew diverted the plane to today's Nellis Air Force base for refueling, the pilot did not change his flight plans. They flew out of the Las Vegas area a few minutes ago at 7:00 pm The crash occurred around 7:30 pm, less than half an hour after takeoff. In those days there were no flight recorders "Black Box".
Witnesses reported: "... a terrific explosion" and "... orange in the sky" near the Double or Minor Peak on Mount Potosi, a peak height of 8,300 feet in the range that indicates the eastern slope of Death Valley and 32 miles from the Nellis Air Force Base. A few hundred yards to the left and the mountain would have been cleared in the plane.
There was no trace of a pilot chart showing the exact course he was planning to follow. It was destroyed by a terrific blow and, as a result, fire. Many at that time, including the FBI, believed that the cause of the crash was sabotage, there was not only a noticeable effect on the military connection on board, but also the pilots of 15 aircraft were in flight. An intensive investigation followed, but later the pilot’s mistake was blamed for the accident.
While waiting for his wife to arrive at the Lockheed California terminal, Clark Gable was completely overwhelmed when news of the crash came to him. He immediately chartered a plane and flew to the next crash scene, accompanied by his friend Spencer Tracy.
The Pioneer showroom in Topoprins, Nevada is historic for many reasons. The rust on the outer walls is actually paint, which was used during the shooting of 1982 by Chick and Chong's film “Things are Getting Harder”.
Constructed from a tin stamp that resembles bricks, they claim that there is a metal-die building in the country. The pioneer was built in 1913 from the Sears and Roebuck catalog to service this former mountain campus and has bullet holes in the walls that tell about its earlier naughty history, but old newspaper clippings in the back telling of a recent Lombard accident are what interests many visitors for the first time.
When you enter a dark building, the light from the open doorways passes through the dark solid interior. It was here, within three days, not too far from the base of the Lombard mountain plane, that it shut; Clark Gable anxiously awaited search efforts for his wife. The people who work there say that visitors from all over the world ask about the Lombard and Gable connection. Fused piece of the fuselage from the aircraft became a permanent part of the conversation.
Although most of the wreckage of the aircraft was removed, the two engines and other parts still remain on top of Mount Potosi, but one would need to know the exact location in order to find it in this remote and rugged area of the desert.
Carol Lombard was only 33 years old, less than three years before her marriage to Gable, when her life was declared in this fatal catastrophe in the Nevada desert more than 60 years ago. When Clark Gable died in 1960 at the age of 59, he was buried near Carol Lombard. It is said that she was a love for his life, and he mourned her death for the rest of her life.
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